Overview

The Principles That Guide Us As Citizen-Carpenters

As trade unionists and citizens, we are focused on improving industry standards and employment opportunities for union carpenters and the small and large businesses that employ them. Our advocacy is centered on a simple and abiding motto: “When carpenters work, New Jersey works.”

Our guiding principles:

Development of intelligent labor laws that serve honest workers and honest employers by raising construction industry standards and making the industry safer for all workers

Fighting against employer payroll fraud in construction so law-abiding businesses can secure work without facing competitors who illegally lower their labor costs

Fighting for sensible and sustainable capital construction programs that create jobs and stimulate the economy, like school construction, bridge improvements and other transportation infrastructure projects

Protecting the Carpenter trade jurisdiction against legislative proposals that weaken our members’ ability to secure work, such as right-to-work initiatives

The United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiner of America Local Union 254 is New Jersey’s neighborhood union—Nearly 4000 members standing together to improve the lives & livelihoods of workers, families & communities.